Hammock



S. R. BATES Oct. 27 1925' nAMMocK Filed June 14. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 7 S. R. BATES v mmkocx Filed June 14. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES PAT ENT OFFI-CEQ SARAH n. BATES, 0F PRAIRIE CITY, OREGON.

- HAMMOCK.

' Application filed. June 14, 1924. SerialNo. 720,027.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that SARAH R; Barns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Prairie City, in the county-of Grant and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammocks, of which the. following is a specification. I

This invention relates to improvements in hammocks and has as its primary object to provide a hammock in which infants and young children .may rest or sleep and be fully protected from insects, animals, andhammock an up and down movement which will prove pleasing and soothing to the infant.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the hammock that while it serves to completely enclose the infant or child, it may be readily opened so that attention may be paid to the wants of the infant or child.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of one form of hammock constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view takensubstantially on the line 22 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; I

. Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 1 illustrating a modification of the invention;

Figure 4- is a vertical. longitudinal sectional view through the structure shown in Figure 3. 1

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, the hammock comprises end members indicated in general by the numeral 1, and each of these end members, considered as a whole, is of substantially circular form. Each end member comprises an upper section indicated by the numeral 2, and a lower section indicated by the numeral 3, thetwo sections being each of. semi-circular form and the sections meeting at their chordalsides. These sections may be made of wood or any other material found suitable for the purpose and may be lmperforate as shown in the drawings or of a perforate nature, as may be preferred. Longitudinal slats 4 are seated at their ends in recesses 5 formed inthe peripheries of the upper sections 2 of the end members 1 of the structure. A sheet of wire mesh indicated by the numeral 6 is stretched over the substantially semi-cylindrical skeleton structure thus provided and is secured at its margin to the peripheries of thesaid sections 2 and, if desired, also to the slats 4. The

slats i are located intermediate the ends of the curvilinear edges of the sections 2, and other slats 7 and 3 are seated in recesses 9 and 10 provided in the peripheries of the said sections 2 at the ends of their said arcuate or curvilinear edges.

. The lower sections 3 of the end menibers of the hammock are connectedby slats 11 corresponding to the slats 4 which connect the upper sections 2 of the said end inen'ibers and which slats are secured in placein the same manner as the said slats 4L. The StlltljlOWGI' sections 3 are likewise connected by=slats 12 and 13 correspond.-

ing to the slats 7 and 8. Hinges 1a are secured to and connect the slats 7 and 12 and therefore provide for swinging move,- ment of the upper section of the hammock to open and closed positions, it being observed that when the upper section is closed,

is stretched over the skeleton frame struc-v ture comprising the lower section of the hammock and corresponds in its arrangement to the sheet 6. of such material here tofore referred to. In order to provide a substantial bottom upon which a pad or any suitable article to serve the purpose of a mattress, may be laid within the bottom of the lower section of the hammock, a bottom board 18 is seated at its ends in recesses 19 formed in the lower sides of the lower sections 3 of the end members 1 and extends between the said sections.

Rods 20, or chainsor cables, are connected at their lower ends to eyes 21 secured in the upper corners of the lower sections 1- of the end members 1 and at their upper edges these rods are connected to the lower ends of suspension springs indicated by the numeral 2:2. To the upper ends of the springs 22 are connected the lower ends of a' hanger which is adapted for engagement. with a suspension hook Qt upon any suitable supporting means such, for example, as oneof the joists of aporch roof, this supporting member being illustrated in a general manner in the drawings and indicated by the numeral 25.

At this point it will be evident that the suspension means does not interfere in any way with ready opening and closing of the top section of the hammock and that the section may be readilyswung to open position to permit of arrangement of bedding within the lower section of the hammock and likewise to permit of ready access to the interior of the hammock for the purpose of attending to the wants of the infant or child occupying the same. The springs 22 will be of sufficient size and strength to securely support the structure and yet will possess sul'licient resiliency to permit of a de sirable up anddown movement of the hammock, which will be caused by the movements of the infant or child occupying the.

hammock or by an attendant. Likewise the hammock is so suspended that it may swing freely in a lateral direction without any danger whatsoever of the child fall-ing there from. It will also be evident that the hammock is so constructed as to afford ample protection tothe infant or child occupying he same, from insects, animals, falling twigs, where the hammock is supported beneath a tree, for example, and from injury through any other cause suchas might ,ccur if the hammock were not completely closed on all sides.

There is little structural difference between the hammock shown in Figures 1 and 2 and the hammock shown in Figure 3 and therefore such parts as are common to the two structures are indicated in Figures 3 and t by the same reference numerals as the correspending parts in Figures 1 and 2, primed. In the form of the invention shown in Figures 3 and at, the lower end sections 3 of the end members 1 are not of true semi-circular form but have their lower peripheral portions straight, or, in other words, chordal to the are described by the side peripheriesof the said-end sections, as

indicated by the numeral 26, and a fiat and relatively broad board 2'? is secured at its ends to the said chordal edges 26 of the sections 3 and extends between the same and provides a broader and probably more substantial support for the bedding and for the child than the board 18 in the previously described form. Likewise in this modified form, latches 28 corresponding to the latch 15, are mounted at the ends of the slats 8 and 13'.

Having thus described the what is claimed as new is:

l. A hammock comprising an elongated body having upper and lower sections, each comprisin solid end members and the end members of said upper section adapted to rest upon the upper edges of the end members of said lower section and cooperate therewith to provide heads for said body, said heads having recesses leading from their peripheral edge faces and providing seats, certain of said seats being disposed at the ends-of meeting edges of the upper and lower head sections and the other seats being spaced circumferentially about the heads, strips eitending between said heads and secured in said seats in snug fitting engagement with the walls of the seats, the strips secured in the seats at the ends of invention,

the meeting edges of the head sections contacting when the upper section is in a closed position, hinges connecting the contacting strips at one side-of the body and cooperating fasteners carried by other contacting strips, a foraminous cover for said body secured to the peripheral faces of said heads and outer faces of said strips, and susiension means connected to the end members of said lower section.

2. A hammock comprising upper and lower sections each comprising end members, slats connecting the peripheral portions of the said end members of each section, a foraminous covering extendin over and secured to the said slats and peripheral portions of each section, hinged connection between the said sections at one side of the structure, suspension means connected to the end members of the lower section, the said suspension means comprising rods connected at their lower ends to the end members of the said'lower section and extending upwardly above the upper section and adapted to engage the outer faces oft-he end memlcrs of the upper section, springs connected to the upper ends of the rods, and suspension members connected to the upper ends of the springs.

Intestimony whereof I atlix my signa ture,

SARAH R. BATES. [n s.] 

